1FPCLASSIFY(3)              Linux Programmer's Manual             FPCLASSIFY(3)
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NAME

6       fpclassify, isfinite, isnormal, isnan, isinf - floating-point classifi‐
7       cation macros
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <math.h>
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12       int fpclassify(x);
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14       int isfinite(x);
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16       int isnormal(x);
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20       int isinf(x);
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22       Link with -lm.
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24   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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26       fpclassify(), isfinite(), isnormal():
27           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
28           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
29           or cc -std=c99
30       isnan():
31           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
32           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
33           or cc -std=c99
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35           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 ||
36           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
37           or cc -std=c99
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DESCRIPTION

40       Floating  point  numbers  can  have special values, such as infinite or
41       NaN.  With the macro fpclassify(x) you can find out  what  type  x  is.
42       The  macro takes any floating-point expression as argument.  The result
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45       FP_NAN        x is "Not a Number".
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47       FP_INFINITE   x is either positive infinity or negative infinity.
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53       FP_NORMAL     if nothing of the above is correct then it must be a nor‐
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56       The other macros provide a short answer to some standard questions.
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58       isfinite(x)   returns a nonzero value if
59                     (fpclassify(x) != FP_NAN && fpclassify(x) != FP_INFINITE)
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61       isnormal(x)   returns a nonzero value if (fpclassify(x) == FP_NORMAL)
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63       isnan(x)      returns a nonzero value if (fpclassify(x) == FP_NAN)
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CONFORMING TO

69       C99, POSIX.1.
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71       For isinf(), the standards merely say that the return value is  nonzero
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NOTES

75       In  glibc  2.01 and earlier, isinf() returns a nonzero value (actually:
76       1) if x is positive infinity or negative infinity.  (This is  all  that
77       C99 requires.)
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SEE ALSO

80       finite(3), INFINITY(3), isgreater(3), signbit(3)
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COLOPHON

83       This  page  is  part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
84       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
85       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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